KTH1300 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Typological identification comment
Format: Loeschcke Typus IV = Broneer Type XXIII = Bailey Type B Group ii (Tiberian-Early Trajanic).
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform VI a.
Description
Circular outline. Circular, concave discus with filling hole low center and design of scallop shell in relief. Simple volute nozzle.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: 7.5YR 7/4, pink. Slip: 7.5YR 4/4, brown. Hard, smooth, somewhat fine fabric with very rare, small, rounded to subangular, grey to black rocky inclusions. Semiglossy, smooth, uneven slip, mottled, slightly flakey, which is best preserved on discus.
Preservation comment
Two joining fragments preserve roughly three quarters of discus and one third of shoulder. Slight, sparse abrasion; moderate, extensive encrustation on all surfaces. Traces of secondary scorching on one side?
Preserved height
0.019
Preserved length
0.064
Preserved width
0.055
Weight (kg)
0.018
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Shell (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph